Member Church News: Women, Antisemitism, Prayer

On International Women’s Day 2024 (Friday, 8 March) the Uniting Church in Australia celebrates the women in their lives, communities, and the Uniting Church.

The Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Portugal will hold an online worship service at 20:30 (CET) on 8 March to celebrate women.

The Lenten season is a particular time when some interpretations of Christian scriptures can be anti-Jewish or even antisemitic. The United Church in Canada’s Countering Antisemitism Working Group has created resources for Lent, including a new Good Friday worship service, which explores Jesus’ Death in John’s Gospel and offers ways to challenge antisemitismm and blog that reflects on antisemitism in Lent.

Gifts to the PC(USA)’s One Great Hour of Sharing help the Middle East Council of Churches restore hope and health to Syria’s most vulnerable.

The church in Lebanon Unites with the world on the World Day of Prayer with services at the Grace Chapel at the Near East School of Theology in Beirut and the Armenian Evangelical Church in Nor Marash.

Climate emergency panel addresses how churches can respond with faith and hope: Speakers explored the theme “Climate emergency—churches responding in faith and hope.”

Inter-religious voices of concern in lead-up to International Women’s Day: In an online conference organized by the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations on 5 March, the World Council of Churches was represented among inter-religious voices bringing their concerns and sense of solidarity in the lead-up to International Women’s Day, celebrated annually on 8 March.

Volunteering is an important pillar of our society; young people in particular are involved in a variety of ways in the social sector or with a view to the environment and the climate catastrophe – and also in the church. Giovana Butelli from Brazil and Henriette Greulich from Germany report in an interview what motivates them.